Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs GLM-4.6V

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 11 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

GLM-4.6V Z.ai (Zhipu)

41.3

Rank #137 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 11 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and GLM-4.6V in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where GLM-4.6V leads 38.0 to 9.7.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9B and GLM-4.6V specifications
Gemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
ProviderGoogleZ.ai (Zhipu)
Noometry Index25.941.3
Released2024-06-242025-12-08
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window—128K
Max output—33K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.30
Output $ / M tokens—$0.90
Results tracked3512

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Category by category

Coding GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), GLM-4.6V: 40.9 (#128)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Coding11731390
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Reasoning GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), GLM-4.6V: 27.6 (#115)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Hard Prompts11711368
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83—
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), GLM-4.6V: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%—
LiveBench Math19.8%—
LMArena Math1183—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), GLM-4.6V: 38.0 (#149)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Expert11471371
GPQA Diamond27.5%—
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, GLM-4.6V: 34.8 (#90)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Vision—1164

Multilingual GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), GLM-4.6V: 48.6 (#141)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Non-English11881359
LMArena Chinese11851425
LMArena Russian12001340
LMArena French1190—
LMArena German1186—
LMArena Japanese1144—
LMArena Korean1137—
LMArena Spanish1200—

Instruction Following GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), GLM-4.6V: 71.4 (#151)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Instruction Following11781352
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), GLM-4.6V: 41.3 (#143)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Longer Query11971358

Writing & Preference GLM-4.6V leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), GLM-4.6V: 56.6 (#137)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemma 2 9BGLM-4.6V
LMArena Text12071377
LMArena Creative Writing12061347
LMArena Multi-Turn11931360
EQ-Bench Creative Writing841—
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than GLM-4.6V?

GLM-4.6V is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.3 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or GLM-4.6V better for coding?

GLM-4.6V scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.9 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and GLM-4.6V share?

11 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and GLM-4.6V has 12.

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